Show n j HERO ERO WORSHIP I ISome Some Somo people say flay there is no such j thing hing as humor in our every-day every life We know of an Instance that proves the contrary A man came to town some time ago and informed the people peo peon pIe confidentially that he was was in the tho government employ and was receiving receiving ing a a. salary of a year This was waB the he le he was idolized and in the opinion of some of the people peo peo- pfd pI nothing in town wai too good for him He was truly and andin andin andin in a fow few days after his arrival he had hada a a. goodly number of gullible citizens towing ko-towing to him like so BO many men men- This man is now under arrest accused of impersonating a government government govern govern- ment officer issuing worthless checks B securing curing money ony under und r false pretenses and defrauding hotel willin will willin willin i in all aU probability be sen sent to th the federal feder feder- al prison We would ce over the tho thoman's mans man's misfortune for we think that thit a desire for revenge is a relic of barbarism But Bub we cannot disregard the humor of or the affair Had this man como come to town as ns a government veterinarian intent on performing the duties assigned net nell ned to him by his superiors the tho chances are ten to one that tha he ho would havo have attracted little attention But the man knew how to blow his own horn so that it would summon the multitudes who are always ready to give homage to superior personages This form of worship hero-worship is also alBo a relic of the Dark Ages and should 1 te le e esto sto stored ed in the attic with other othet timeworn timeworn timeworn time- time worn fallacies cies One On on the characteristics charac charac- characteristics of great minds is that they aro are unconscious of superiority and they therefore s shun lun everything that borders homage In the future when men men come to Ephraim and lay lay claim to superior attainments let us ua treat thorn them with due duo co courtesy rte y b but t let us also also al al- al so demand domand that they make good before we consent to take them into the fold |